Would this be ok on the East Coast

[sailorman]

g) How pointless it is...sailing playing at F1

I honestly cannot see the point of racing those things for the America's Cup. The main tactic/skill involved is surely balancing the thing on its foils and not letting it do a spectacular crash dive. Racing the 12m class I can appreciate as even though it is telephone number money to prepare and race them, the tactical side still remains.

America Cups are generally won in a Court of Law

 

[sailorman]

It might be an idea to base the America’s cup on racing matched Centaurs

with or without an O/B in a well

 

[xyachtdave]

g) How pointless it is...sailing playing at F1

I honestly cannot see the point of racing those things for the America's Cup. The main tactic/skill involved is surely balancing the thing on its foils and not letting it do a spectacular crash dive. Racing the 12m class I can appreciate as even though it is telephone number money to prepare and race them, the tactical side still remains.

The main skill is probably getting the money together to fund it :-/

America Cups are generally won in a Court of Law

That's h) then Sailorman!

 

[Concerto]

It might be an idea to base the America’s cup on racing matched Centaurs

In the early 1980's there was international match racing conducted in a number of specially built Westerly Fulmars, just a bit larger than a Centaur.

 

[Aquaboy]

Well seeing as the winners of the A/C get to choose all the rules for the next series maybe a return to a conventional hull form isn't beyond the realms of possibility ........... doubt they would go with bilge keellers tho'

 

[RivalRedwing]

Anderson 22s would seem to be the natural option......

 

[Gargleblaster]

I'd rather see the Americas Cup return to J Boats. Unfortunately a bit more expensive to buy and maintain than a Centaur or an Anderson 22.

 

[johnalison]

I'd rather see the Americas Cup return to J Boats. Unfortunately a bit more expensive to buy and maintain than a Centaur or an Anderson 22.

Beautiful though the Js were, they no longer represent 'today'. We have moved away from big yachts owned by wealthy men to a corporate/national enterprise and in my view, any large and modern craft would suffice. My preference would be for a design where manoeuvring skills and tactics play a dominant role.

 

[LONG_KEELER]

How about a radio controlled Americas Cup for a change on a decent lake.

Would be much cheaper and probably have more interest.

 

[Slowboat35]

Presumanbly the next development of this sort of silliness is to do away with the 'boat' altogether and suspend a crew compartment mid-air between a steerable semi-rigid fabric airfoil (aka a kite) and a steerable foil in the water (a seadog?)

 

[Concerto]

I should imagine the long fixed bow sprit would make her difficult to berth with a the wind indicator so far forward.

 

[jimi]

drying mooring probably best!

 

[sailorman]

drying mooring probably best!

plus a long ladder for LW

 

[AntarcticPilot]

drying mooring probably best!

But once she's up on the foils, she'll probably sail on wet grass!

 

[Gitane]

i) no tea making facilities on board.

It’s off my Christmas prissy list.

 

[lydiamight]

If you put some wheels on the bottom of the foils you could sail over any sandbanks in the way---not sure about East Coast mud though

 

[Capt Popeye]

Yea well in 10 years time I suppose these curent America Cup craft wiil have been responsible for developing our Dinghy and Yacht classes as a way of development and evolution

Cripes I recall that in my eary days, the best craft were laid from heavy timber plankling, Gaff Rigged, had Long Keels, canvas sails, wire /rope rigging plus the Crew smoked from Clay Pipes

Then came along Hot / Cold moulding build processes, along with the traditional Clincher builds and Man Made fibre sails;

These days down here in South West we have the single handed one sail dinghys sailing with the K2 and its fun, watching the K2 outrun all others as its sleek hull design plus weighted drop keel with fore and main sails, oh yes we mix the Starting Grade dinghys with the fastest solos that we have in the club, we usually know whos going to come first, unless something untoward happens, like for instance a K2 picking up drift wood small branches on its keel, ah well it happens.

So evolution is a certain must its just that there is also plenty of room for the 30s and 40s designs still

 

[Medway Matt]

i) no tea making facilities on board.

It’s off my Christmas prissy list.

I'll bet it's got nowhere to keep a case of beer either.

 

[Tomahawk]

Moths, and a number of cats are now foiling.
There is a monster of a machine in Brightlingsea called the Vampire.
Kite surfers have stepped up.

 

[Behome]

White elephant